The Enigmatic World of Old Gods of Appalachia RPG - Monte Cook Games 

I live in Appalachia, but this is the first time hearing about this game. There really is a ton of variety in the local mythology.

I was honored enough to illustrate the cover and a lot of interior work. Always awesome to see such a great response to the book.

The movie Pumpkinhead would seem like a good example of something that would happen in this setting.

Their Podcast is one of the best I've ever been involved in

Thanks for covering this content! I heard of this podcast in the past but didn't listen to it. Then I had been researching the Cypher System for a few months and interested in it when i went to Gen Con this year and saw this book. Started listening to the podcast on the way back from Gen Con and got hooked. Bought the book from my local game store and almost finished reading it. A note for you since you arent from the USA. I live not far from Appalachia and have visited the Pennsylvania region of Appalachia many times, seen the coal mine museums and toured an actual mine. As you get into the podcast you will see that a lot of the horror stems from the damage that rampant capitalism caused in that era. People working terribly dangerous jobs in the dark bowels of the earth, earning barely enough to survive. Essentially slaves to the coal companies. And even very young boys forced to work in the dark, where many died of mining accidents. The podcast does a fantastic job of showing us how we created our own horrors. Happy gaming!

I love that podcast - Now I want to play the RPG

For those of us that are old enough, the old "urban legends" have an origin in the old "traveler's tales" and "folk tales." Any time a story starts with, "my cousin's friend's brother said..." it is a tale which could potentially occur in OGoA. As someone who grew up rural, I can relate somewhat to the folk protagonists of the setting.

Grew up in Kentucky in Appalachia and so glad to see this

There's a pretty good campaign setting / adventure from Dungeon Crawl Classics called the Chained Coffin. It's set in the Shudder Mountains which is basically Appalachia for D&D. If your players are hesitant about switching to a new game, you might consider running this for them and then, if they enjoy it, introducing the idea of running an Old Gods campaign. You could also incorporate elements from OGoA into Chained Coffin to warm them to it.

I'm so excited to try this one out. I've been listening to the podcast too and I'm hooked

The real Appalachia is as scary (or more scary) than the podcast/rpg presents. For example when you go hiking in the woods if you hear someone call your name ... Don't answer! There are tales of skinwalkers, ghosts, werewolves, another things in those woods.

If it's talking to you, try a ring of salt. Works every time. Pesky not-deer.

Appalachia is number 7, I think as being the oldest mountains in the world.

I really gotta find a way to go back to podcasts.

FYI, Monte Cook doesn't take a 'é'. 😉 And I've bought this book. It's very atmospheric. Don't know if I'll get to play it but in terms of inspiration, it's fantastic.

Lore please

Skip to 5:53 to talk about the actual product

You are mistaken. Appalachia doesn’t go up into Canada. CASTLES?!?! No abandoned castles over here. Mines though. Lots of abandoned mines and unexplored caves. We practically have the under dark here. edit: I stand corrected.